POSSIBLE? – AT 8:20 A.M. ET:  Could there be a senatorial upset in Virginia?  Well...maybe.  From the Weekly Standard: 

There are signs that the U.S. Senate race in Virginia, previously considered a long-shot for Republicans and a safe seat for Democrats, could get interesting in the final weeks of the campaign. The incumbent, Democrat Mark Warner, has had a large lead in the polls over his Republican opponent Ed Gilespie since the beginning of the race. But the lead has shrunk in recent weeks from about 20 points to about 10, and the Gillespie campaign is now up with TV ads in the swing Northern Virginia market outside Washington, which Warner had previously had to himself.

A popular former governor, Warner has cultivated a reputation of moderate bipartisanship—despite the fact that he's voted with President Obama 97 percent of the time.

But a scandal touching Virginia's current Democratic governor, Terry McAuliffe, may also implicate Warner. Several Democratic figures in the Old Dominion are involved a federal investigation looking into the circumstances of the resignation of a former Democratic state senator. The Washington Post has the scoop that federal investigators have been told of Warner's supposed involvement in offering that senator and his family political favors in exchange for his staying in the legislature.

COMMENT:  It's still a long shot, unless something truly scandalous comes out in the final weeks of the campaign.  That Northern Virginia area is a Democratic stronghold, and filled with government workers.  I'm not so sure how much penetration Gillespie can achieve there.

But miracles happen.  I'd love to see Virginia come through for us.  It's my second home.

October 12,  2014